Quotes with stalking-horse

Quotes 61 till 80 of 90.

  • Laurence Sterne So long as a man rides his Hobby-Horse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him - pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it?
    Laurence Sterne
    British author (1713 - 1768)
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  • Donald Trump Syrian refugees might be Isis, they may be the great Trojan horse of all time.
    Donald Trump
    American businessman (1946 - )
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  • Robert Frost Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Stendhal The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man.
    Stendhal
    French writer (ps. of Marie Henri Beyle) (1783 - 1842)
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  • H. Youngman The horse I bet on was so slow, the jockey kept a diary of the trip.
    H. Youngman
    American comedian and violinist (1906 - 1998)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action, in man.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • Adelaide Anne Procter The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be, for when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.
    Adelaide Anne Procter
    English poet and philanthropist (1825 - 1864)
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  • Gabriel Heatter The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.
    Gabriel Heatter
    American radio commentator and journalist (1890 - 1972)
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  • John Steinbeck The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
    John Steinbeck
    American author (1902 - 1968)
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  • Ovid The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • Adam C. Engst The Trojans lost the war because they fell for a really dumb trick. hey, there's a gigantic wooden horse outside and all the Greeks have left. Let's bring it inside! Not a formula for long-term survival. Now if they had formed a task force to study the Trojan Horse and report back to a committee, everyone wouldn't have been massacred.. Who says middle management is useless?
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  • Robert Smith Surtees There is no secret so close as between a rider and his horse.
    Robert Smith Surtees
    English novelist and editor (1805 - 1864)
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  • Beth Grant There is nothing like going on a stage. You are in the saddle, and you've got to ride that horse, and there's nothing more thrilling and exhilarating.
    Beth Grant
    American actress (1949 - )
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  • Billie Holiday They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • Billie Holliday They think they can make fuel from horse manure.... Now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.
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  • Bill Bailey This is the news theme, but it sounds like pure Hollywood entertainment. It sounds like E.T. on a horse being chased by Darth Vader, which is something I'd love to see.
    Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
    Bill Bailey
    English comedian, musician and actor (1965 - )
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  • Edward Dahlberg Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is wise it is nothing that the river horse does not know, and most of his creations are the result of accident.
    Edward Dahlberg
    American novelist, essayist and autobiographer (1900 - 1977)
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  • Virgil Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts.
    Virgil
    Roman poet (70 - 19)
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  • Jimmy Carter We've uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business.
    Jimmy Carter
    American statesman, 39e President (1924 - )
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  • Anne McCaffrey What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.
    Anne McCaffrey
    American-Irish writer (1926 - 2011)
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